How to pronounce 建築 in Cantonese (175 out of 237):

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咁我哋行咗少少就見到啲咁嘅建築啦但係就唔知有冇人喺度住
After we walked a little further, we saw these buildings, but we don't know if anyone lives there.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
行 hong6
strong
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
少少 siu2 siu2
a little; little bit
就見到 zau6 gin3 dou3
then see
啲 dit1
only a little bit
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
建築 gin3 zuk1
architecture
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
有冇 jau5 mou5
often used when asking questions, such as "yes or no?" or "really or not?"; 'is there?'; 'are there?'
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
喺度 hai2 dou6
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb

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